Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-19
DAILY HERALD.
LOVELY GLENDALE.
A Charming Suburb of the
City of Angels.
WATER, FRUITS AND FLOWERS.
Reserv0irs-Perennial Springs
purling Streams--Health
and Happiness.

Should any one sigbing for the land'
health and comfort ask the questions:
KNOW ye the land where the cypress an
myrtle
Are embl snis of deeds that are doue in the
Whore the rage of the vulture. the love o
the turtle,
Now melt into sorrow, now madden I
crime
Know ye the land OF the cedar and vino,
Where the flowers ever blossom, the beam
ever shine;
Where the light wings of Zephyr. oppresse
Wax faint DER the gardens OF Gul in he
blooml
Where the citron and olive are fairest o
fruit,
And the voice OF the nightingale never
mute;
Where the tin:s OF the earth, and the hue
In color though varied, in beauty may vie
And the purple of ocean Is deepest in dye
Where the virgins are soft as the roses the,
twipe,
And ell save the spirit of man. Is divine?
They would all be answered by thu
flowers and fruits and cline Of beautiful
Glendale. Only six miles north OF L)s
Angeles and about five hundred feet
above sea level, on the beautiful slope
that extends from the San Francisco
Maria mountain to the Los Angeles
river, is this delightful settlement. The
land is a deep sandy loan intermixed
with vegetable mold, making it admir-
ably adapted to the growth of fruit trees
that require deep soil freo from hard
pan. A specimen Of the great richness
of the soil and the large luscious fruits
produced in abund dance may be seen at the
southerly side of the tract in the orchard
of Ii. j. Grow, who commenced clearing
away the brush and banishing wild ami.
mals from the vicinity ten years ago.
He has now, as the result OF the labor
expended, a large orange grove, and q
fiue orchard OF peaches, pears, lines,
lemons, apples and other truits, whic b
are the admiration of the people Tor
their excellence and profit. On the
north side OF Glendale are the orchards
of Hon. H. M. Ross, U. 5. District
Judge for the District of Southern Cali
fornia, and Hon. Cameron II. Thom,
ex-Mayor of Los Angeles. These tine
orchards consist of about 5000 orange
trees OF the finest kind and show by
their fruits what Glendale aJil produces.
Besides these three older orchards there
have been planted q multitude of
orchards and vineyards and gardens OF
small fruits by Messrs. Byram, Patter-
son, Miller, Jones, Ford and others.
These young orchards are perfect
beauties. aud loaded with crops of
choicest fruit. The whole tract consists
of 37S acres OF beautiful land, about
half OF which is now covered with fruit,
gardens OF vegetables and vines. A
grand avenue four miles long and So
feet wide extends from the San Fernan-
do road on the south to the Verdugo
Canon ON the north where the water
supply is obtained from copious mouD-
tain springs. Tie supply OF water is
one of the finest and most upfailing in
the State. 1t gushes up from the earth
in abundance and is conveyed IN iron
pipes to large concrete reservoir with
palings all round to prevent all animals
from finding a watery grave therein.
The capacity is about million gallons.
North of this fine reservoir and higher
up, the proprietors are constructing a
great cemented reservoir, seven feet
deep aud about 40 feet ia diameter,
with capacity of 100000 gallons.
This reservoir will be rooted, with
yentilators covered with wire screens,
SO the water will be kept perfectly
clear as when it emerges from the base
o, the ountains. These two reser-
yoirs will furnish water supply for
IO.OOO inhabitants. No settlement can
boast better supply.
At the south side OF Glendale the
great overland Southern Pacific Rail.
road is making a side track, and will
have a depot aud warehouse for the
convenience of the settlement. In ad-
dition to this grand opening for freight
and passengers, there will be built q
dummy line of railway at once from
East Los Angeles to and through the
tract, so that the citizens can, at any
hour of the day, put themselves in con-
uec.ion with all the steam and street
railways of the city of Los Angeles.
Part of the material is purchased for the
road. and the work of construction will
60 rapidly forward.
The proprietors, Messrs. ii. j. Crow.
E.T, Byram, Hon. E. NJ. Ross. Hon.
G. T.. Thorn, r. Rogers ana Messrs.
Patterson, Miller and Jones, are pro-
pressiye men of the advanced type. and
are determined to make this the banner
settlernent. No streets are less than
sixty feet wide. while part OF them are
eighty feet in width, and are graded
and ready for settlement. Tne lots are
nearly all 5Oxl50 feet, and need no
grading. About halt of them are COW
cred with bearing fruit trees OF choice
varieties, while all the residences are
ornamented with the rarest of flowers.
With the exception of the great Glen
dale avenue, which passes through this
Eden in q northeasterly direction, all the
streets and avenues are made in north
and south and east and west direction.
Water.pipes are laid down all
the north and south streets, and
there is such pressure that
every settler can have his own fire
ertinquisher without cost. Glendale
now has a large fine public school build.
ing. a Methodist Episcopal and fres-,
byterian Church. and has now adopted
plans for
GRAND BEAUTIFUL HOTEL.
plaas have been drawn by ). & j. g,
Newsom, architects, and accepted for
yery fine hotel in the Romanesque style
three stories high and basement, with 2
frontage of lO4 feet and depth OF l2t
feet. The office will be on first floor
between entrances which Will be spa
cious aud highiy ornamented, with az
ornate staircase hall. The billiard ROOM
spacious and elegant reading room ane
saloon privileges. aud lavatories Will be
one side of the hall and the genera
parlor and ladies parlor connected 6J
sliding doors. with open freplaoes ii
each room, on the other side. Their,
will be a driveway at the side will
nriyate entrance for ladies. The spa